CREATIVECOLLISIONSECSITE ANNUALCONFERENCE7-9 JUNE 2018GENEVASWITZERLANDT H E E U R O P E A NS C I E N C E C O M M U N I C AT I O NC O N F E R E N C E# E C S I T E 2 0 1 8
9:00 - 17:45 Research & evaluation: beginner’s
guide & deeper understanding
Developing inquiry-based workshops for high-school students
Space for life: engaging audiences
Marketing: data-based audience development and branding
Live action games: a tool for emotion and content communication
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Natural History Museum
Excursion
Conference Room Natural History Museum
9:00 - 17:45 Research & evaluation: beginner’s
guide & deeper understanding - Day 2
Social inclusion, equity & diversity: time for change
Safety vs. free play: finding the right balance
Developing successful science games
Experience design in practice
Space for life: engaging audiences - Day 2(excursion: leaving at 8.00)
When faith and facts collide
1 1 : 0 0 - 1 1 : 30 Cof fee break
1 3 : 1 5 - 14:30 Lu n c h break
15:45 - 16:30 Cof fee break
18:30 - 19:30 S peakers’ Rec ept ion
1 1 : 0 0 - 1 1 : 30 Coffee break
1 3 : 1 5 - 14:30 Lunch break
15:45 - 16:30 Coffee break
TUE 5 J U N EP r e - c o n f e r e n c e w o r k s h o p s
WED 6 J U N EP r e - c o n f e r e n c e w o r k s h o p s
Open to all professionals who engage audiences with science and technology, the Ecsite conference offers an intense mix of intellectual stimulation, experimental formats and inspiring human encounters.
The conference combines 3 days main conference offering 100 parallel sessions (7-9 June) and 2 days pre-conference with 10+ in depth trainings (5-6 June). Also look forward to 2 high-level keynotes, 350 speakers, 60 exhibitors, 2 dedicated tinkering and gaming labs, 3 evening social events...
CERN
EdgyFoundations
PROGRAMME-AT-A-GLANCE
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Newcomers breakfast
Opening ceremony Room 0 1
Business Bistro opening
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Lunch break
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Coffee break
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Gala Dinner
CICG Convention Centre17 Rue de Varembé Room
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GAMELAB
Main Conference
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A conversation with the younger me
Partnering with universities
Reconciling innovative exhibit design and the demands of today’s compensation culture
Empowering society through science communication
What’s new in touring exhibitions - 1
Challenging our brains to come up with new ideas
Private companies: how far can we take our collaborations?
Citizen science: the new frontiers
Introduction to the tinkering approach
Test the CERN LHC Interactive Tunnel
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Tips for 21st century managers
Space and the Sustainable Development Goals
Outreach: new practices
Evaluation for beginners
What’s new in touring exhibitions - 2
Communicating the new quantum revolution
Science shops: participatory innovation, research and equity
Catalysts for societal challenges: really our role?
Drop-in and make
Test MassAffect, a digital collaborative game
C 16:30
Exhibition narratives: latest developments
Meet the Joint Research Centre
Empowering growth and leadership: towards gender equity in your institution
Science engagement cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean & Middle East
Tricks & trucks : keys of success for international travelling exhibitions
The metaphor factory
A decade of RRI: stepping stones or erratic rocks?
Bring on the professionals!
Cardboard MakerSpaces and social inclusion
Game Maker Challenge, or Help I need a game!
THU 7 J U N E
Patinoire des Vernets - Gala Dinner4 Rue Hans-Wilsdorf
Parallel sessions
EdgyFoundations
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Breakfast with the Ecsite Board
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Keynote - James Beacham Room 0 1
Coffee break
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Lunch break
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Coffee break
Ecsite Annual General Meeting Room 0 1
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Business Bistro Happy Hour
Nocturne
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Escape games: an inspiration for science communication?
Technology advocates or whistle blowers?
Visitor research: the methodological mash-up
How to create an inclusive exhibition for younger children
Humans versus machines: Who is the better museum mediator?
Small and big sins of science communication
SwafY – Science with and for Youth
Transitioning tinkering to the classroom: setting the stage
Drop-in and make
Drop-in and play
B 12:00
Conversation with James Beacham
Public engagement with evolu-tion: beyond giraffes and genes
The exponential potential of narrative - Part 1
Orchestrating profound ob-ject-based learning
Art as agent of change for our institutions
Learning to grasp the future: a simulation tool
Strengthening school visits to our exhibitions
Evaluating museum apps
Computational Tinkering
Escape room demonstration
C 14:30
Citizen science on trial
Virtual reality: pros and cons for science communication
The exponential potential of narrative - Part 2
Stakeholder interaction platforms: lessons learnt
Mathematical interactive exhibits and bodily engagement
Project showcase
Bringing informal and formal science education closer together
Spurring interest with discrepant events
Hacking games with Strawbees
Four mixed reality games for learning science
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Multi-country science engagement programmes
Towards more efficient cooperation contracts
Scientists as explainers: pros and cons
Analysing visitors’ conversations
Displaying live animals in museums
The pleasure of conversation: a tribute to Wagensberg
Transitioning tinkering to the classroom
Drop-in and make
Game Maker Challenge, or Help I need a game!
Book Bistro
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GAMELAB
BUSINESSBISTRO
FRI 8 J U N E
Exclusive for Ecsite members.
CICG Convention Centre17 Rue de Varembé
Natural History Museum of Geneva1, Route de Malagnou
Main Conference
Paral lel sessions
EdgyFoundations
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Keynote - Giulia & Jill Enders Room 0 1
Coffee break
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Lunch break
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Coffee break
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Closing & handover ceremony Room 0 1
Farewell Party
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Serious game changer
Science communication in the post truth world: a workshop
Inclusion: aligning strategy and practice
When urban nature meets society
21st century skills: what mechanisms foster them?
Team creativity and facilitation techniques: expand your toolbox
Outreach in the MENA region: challenges and opportunities
The city: an arena for new forms of science communication
Designing tinkering activities
Drop-in and play
B 12:00
Can you feel it? A science revival meeting
Curiosity! Buzzword or holy grail?
The value of rapid prototyping
Strategies to engage people with disabilities
The future of science centre exhibitions
Hacking the hackathon
Know and understand your customer. And deliver?
Outreach Maker activities for rural and urban use
Drop-in and make
Having fun with molecules, atoms and particles
The Grand Bazaar
C 14:30
Science centres: the next 50 years?
For adults only: adult science capital
Purposeful brands and science engagement: common ground for social impact?
Science centres as innovation plat-forms
Multicultural science: engaging diverse audiences around the world
Political compromises: the right balance
DIYBio at museums and science centres
Offering alternative creative learning spaces
Cardboard and marble madness
Help us test PlayDecide
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Resilience: from adversity to new strengths
The quintessential pub quiz
Delicious science
Balancing construction works and visitor satisfaction
Novel scenarios for art and science encounters
Coordinating national initiatives of science communication
Recontextualising collections
Think big, be small
Drop-in and make
Game Maker Challenge, or Help I need a game!
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Bâtiment des Forces MotricesPlace des Volontaires 2
Main Conference
Paral lel sessions
EdgyFoundations
There are several exhibitions and public engagement spaces on the CERN campus. The CERN is inviting Ecsite conference participants to discover them in exclusive guided tours.
Tour No. 1 Wednesday 6 June, 8:30 - 12:00
Tour No. 2 Wednesday 6 June, 14:30 - 18:00
Tour No. 3 Thursday 7 June, 14:30 - 18:00
Tour No. 4 Friday 8 June, 14:30 - 18:00
Tour No. 5 Saturday 9 June, 14:30 - 18:00
Meet at the entrance of the CICG convention centre at the start time: a dedicated bus will be taking you to CERN, and then bringing you back to CICG at the stated end time. Please bring along your tour ticket AND your delegate’s badge.
GUIDED TOURS OF CERN EXHIBITIONS
At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles.
Pre-booking only. Check the online programme on the Ecsite website for availability www.ecsite.eu/annual-conference/programme
Or visit the dedicated desk at the CICG convention centre.